Sukiyaki Western Django

Name: Sukiyaki Western Django
Genre: Action, Western
Released: August 29, 2008
Duration: 121 min
Rating: 55
Cast: Hideaki Ito, Kôichi Satô, Quentin Tarantino

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First Look International | Release Date: August 29, 2008 | R

Starring: Hideaki Ito, Kôichi Satô, Quentin Tarantino

Summary: Famed Japanese auteur Takashi Miike, best known for cult classics "Audition", "Ichi the Killer", and "The City of Lost Souls", redefines the spaghetti Western with Sukiyaki Western Django, a tale written in blood. Two clans, Genji, the white clan led by Yoshitsune, and Heike, the red clan led by Kiyomori, battle for a legendary treasureFamed Japanese auteur Takashi Miike, best known for cult classics "Audition", "Ichi the Killer", and "The City of Lost Souls", redefines the spaghetti Western with Sukiyaki Western Django, a tale written in blood. Two clans, Genji, the white clan led by Yoshitsune, and Heike, the red clan led by Kiyomori, battle for a legendary treasure hidden in a desolate mountain town. One day, a lone gunman, burdened with deep emotional scars but blessed with incredible shooting skills, drifts into town. Two clans try to woo the lone gunman to their sides, but he has ulterior motives. Dirty tricks, betrayal, desire and love collide as the situation erupts into a final, explosive showdown. (First Look Studios)… Expand

Director: Takashi Miike

Genre(s): Action, Western

Rating: R

Runtime: 121 min

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Andrew O'Hehir

Once you get past the question of why someone would make a movie this artificial in the first place and move on to the answer (purely for the hell of it), Sukiyaki Western Django is a blood-drenched, dynamite, often hilarious and uniquely weird big-screen entertainment. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

The ideal viewer is a Miike fan...You know who you are. Read full review

Mariko McDonald

While it is a glossy crowd pleaser, it still has a few typically off the wall, classic Miike touches. Read full review

Robert Koehler

Speaking of Tarantino, who should never be allowed to act under any circumstance, he's cast in a key storytelling role, and it's one indication among many that the whole project is little more than a stunt. Read full review

A.O. Scott

More often there is a frantic, compulsive quality to the action. Fanboy intoxication with the idea of formal ingenuity too often stands in for the thing itself. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

Darkly funny (par for the course with Miike), visually stunning and full of references to other films. Read full review

Kevin Thomas

Not even a brief appearance by Quentin Tarantino and a ton of references to other movies enlivens the proceedings much. Read full review

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aadityamudhar

Apr 17, 2016

This movie is a hyperactive live action anime-manga twist on the Italian Western. Like Alex Cox's "Straight to Hell," this film blends two genres (here, Chanbara/Samurai and the Italian Western) to give us something surreal, shocking, and ironic. The Japanese cast speak English in an almostThis movie is a hyperactive live action anime-manga twist on the Italian Western. Like Alex Cox's "Straight to Hell," this film blends two genres (here, Chanbara/Samurai and the Italian Western) to give us something surreal, shocking, and ironic. The Japanese cast speak English in an almost stereotypical "ESL" way and it comes off like a riff on the crappy dubs Asian movies of the 70s got in the West. Quentin does his bit perfectly and even switches to a stereotypical "white man doing a Japanese accent" for some dialogue. Everything is knowingly artificial and it works - well. A saloon features a Japanese theater stage, where an interpretive dance based on a variety of Asian dance forms is performed; instead of the usual painted backdrop found in old westerns, here we have a painted Japanese screen as backing; katanas fly against six-shooters; the clothes are a hodgepodge of street gang, old west, and samurai; The War of the Roses meets Yojimbo meets Fistful of Dollars. All in all, I am extremely pleased and enjoy the film immensely. Gets more repeat viewing than Kill Bill at my house.… Expand

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dwood

Jan 8, 2020

A gorgeous, handcrafted, Japanese masterpiece that lets itself do whatever it pleases. And it does so with, raw, cinematic beauty never before seen by the likes of me. It's raw, unapologetic, nature goes on in perfect synchrony with the pace of life. The boundaries of reality are pushedA gorgeous, handcrafted, Japanese masterpiece that lets itself do whatever it pleases. And it does so with, raw, cinematic beauty never before seen by the likes of me. It's raw, unapologetic, nature goes on in perfect synchrony with the pace of life. The boundaries of reality are pushed while never actually leaving it. It's gritty, muddy, bloody and sexy all at the same time and any other time this film chooses. This flick never stops entertaining at any second. A well lit setting or location makes the whole production ultra real and life like. A special guest appearance adds to the already high excitement level for this production. Hang on tight while the Reds and the Whites have it out in the Wild West.… Expand

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MikeH

Nov 6, 2008

This movie was hilarious and had me laughing the whole way through!

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[Anonymous]

Apr 25, 2009

Hmm...miike should stick with horror/shock. i won't go as far as to say tarantino's movies are garbage, as that has nothing to do with this movie because he doesn't direct it. i suppose if i were japanese i would get a kick out of the actors speaking english...but as an Hmm...miike should stick with horror/shock. i won't go as far as to say tarantino's movies are garbage, as that has nothing to do with this movie because he doesn't direct it. i suppose if i were japanese i would get a kick out of the actors speaking english...but as an american viewer it's a bit muddled. lot's of bits and pieces from other westerns and some awkward comedic relief drag it down. miike's got a flair for style, though.… Expand

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JayH.

Nov 5, 2008

I have never liked films like this and doubt I ever will. Anything Tarantino touches to me is garbage. It is well photographed, the acting is fair at best but the story is relentlessly boring.

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Broyax

Jan 10, 2017

Une sorte de prélude au western Django de Tarantino (avec une apparition de Tarantino dedans) mais à la manière japonaise sous la houlette du cinglé Takashi Miike dont la filmographie houleuse s'avère très souvent des plus douteuses. Couleurs saturées, acteurs japonais saturés de saké,Une sorte de prélude au western Django de Tarantino (avec une apparition de Tarantino dedans) mais à la manière japonaise sous la houlette du cinglé Takashi Miike dont la filmographie houleuse s'avère très souvent des plus douteuses. Couleurs saturées, acteurs japonais saturés de saké, scénario de gogolito pour une poignée de yens, humour (?) outré tarantineux pas frais, ce Sukiyaki est immangeable. Une sombre et abyssale débilité.… Expand

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